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PS, any tree you have that seems to be naturally dutch-elm resistant will have seed that is of interest to nurseries and researchers.
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i dont know if the one on our block is resistant, but it has survived against the odds. when the guy came to install our trees he actually flipped out as soon as he saw the Elm and was like "wait lets talk about this one". he strongly encouraged us to do the inoculations but those run several hundred dollars and have to be repeated every 3 years for the life of the tree. but A) thats also a lot of money and B) its again technically a city owned tree and most professional contractors will balk at doing any work on one if not hired directly by the city. so at this point we're basically hoping whatever helped it survive to this point will keep going.
you can see it towering over our new sappling. the day it comes down is gonna be real tragic. to think our cities used to be coated in these things.
